Post

Thanks for the reminder. That stuff is unhelpful, and ultimately numbing.

I’m debating restarting my moderation list “Okay, Doomer” just to be able to identify them more easily.

I am sorry brother, just some times I want to yell at the void being the internet in hopes of findiing other people who are also horrified by the enshitificaiton of our society

This is actually great content for mastodon too. It might not get quite the same traction over there, given there's just so much MORE unsolicited advice and condescension available, but I think this content would be a great contribution.

I'm trying to stay mindful of this.

I think this is wise advice. Certainly I've been following it. If I post or quote something alarming, it's generally because I think I've spotted a salient weakness :)

Do not follow or reward hall monitors.

I don't think the solution to "people are feeling lost and hopeless" is to fucking quarantine anybody who shows signs of being depressed lmao

Look, I’m no expert but I come from two families of holocaust survivors and my generational trauma DNA is strong, so if I can offer anything, it’s this: you already know it’s bad, there’s nothing more to be gained in wallowing. You have to find a way to be at peace, especially when you’re at war.

I hate domain squatters so much.

Agree. We need positivity and our support teams.

It's the "but nothing is going to be done about it" that are going to get us all killed. 😬

On the other hand you have a Russian asset for homeland security, a child sex trafficker as AG, a fossil fuel guy for Energy, a spineless weathervane for Sec of State, a Fox host for DOD head and Musk cutting everything. Kinda hard to be cheery with that train wreck staring us in the face...

I think this is a tough time for a lot of us and there's a lot of fear in the air. But yes, constant doom and gloom can wreck your psyche. I would love to see a temporary mute button for this sort of thing.

"We're all gonna die": THIS IS NOT NEWS

Here here. The local paper asked me how how tariffs would impact my business and my response was tariffs could be bad but until we see how they are made I can't comment speculate. It's just going to add to the doom.

He's not even in office yet and people are cooking casseroles for a funeral.

My favorite is “chilling.”

You can remove your post from the quote and deny them that oxygen. So cool that Bluesky implemented that feature.

That's block on sight for me. I get quote posts have their purposes, but most of it is just annoying or ignorant or aggravating.

but Doctor, I am the doomer

Bluesky is a place for losers to continue to lose. Delicious.

I’ve doomed before and I’ll doom again, but I strive not to

everyone has their own appproach but i will aggressively unfollow even the people i like who do that. 😮‍💨

@joshtpm.bsky.social calls this sort of theatrical despair “the most pernicious anticipatory obedience” because it amounts to surrender without a fight. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-m...

You’re totally right. Bluesky needs to stay clean from that s*it. Also, engagement farming, something that pumped X numbers. Please, NO.

Gonna be a long few years

see my timeline for all the rest

Classic gutter-press tactics. What is known as click-bait these days. It never amounts to anything and wastes value moments of your life.

We should also not engage anyone who starts a post with “Holy Shit!”

Freedom of speech

Who told you what to do, i’ll unfollow them too

Exactly.

“Quote doomers” Love that label! It’s the label I didn’t know I needed. YES. Engaging with that kind of posts will reward the wrong behaviours. Culture is shaped by the behaviours we reward, and the ones we tolerate. Let’s not tolerate those, not feed into that way be in virtual social spaces.

I agree that it isn’t helpful, but there are still people in denial about the consequences. People who think “the law” will stop everything or that military won’t cooperate. Whatever is going to happen; it won’t be like 2016.

I've been following back people in my industry.... and then gradually unfollowing all those that do this. Every now and then wonder where all the depressing headlines in feed have appeared from and realise it's one person just reposting over and over. Unfollow and move on.

Don’t feed the engagement beggars to keep this social space clean and healthy

Adding bit of awareness. BlueSky has the capability to detach post from your timeline.

Agree. Also using muted words also helps reduce some of this.

I just block them on sight

Similarly, endless hype on the other end of the scale is something I won't miss. Influencers pushing products, crypto, breathless AI news There's a real burnout effect from consuming too much doomerism/hype, a way to truly filter that out would be amazing

Yeah... I've been considering muting the word "cooked" tbh

Thank you. 🙏

Your post landed just below one of those. Excellent post.

Yes!! Thank you. The absence of this is one of the things I liked about BlueSky until recently when it started popping up here. I will not engage with accounts who do this and may block them for my own sanity.

absolutely

Hi, I’m Collins. I’m starting a 4 year project to track certain metrics we tend to use as indicators of being a successful country. These are not all inclusive and don’t reflect my values. It’s just the few data points I could easily find from consistent sources. Any feedback is welcome.

👏👏👏👏👏

And news re-skeeters And pundit amplifyers And maga rage bait photos (like McD's on plane) Stop taking their bait in general, really Point is, WE ALL KNOW WHERE TO FIND NEWS IF WE WANT IT.

Agree, I’m just looking for some positive energy here.

It's a fine line. What bothers me most about the "we're fucked" posture is its passivity and, I suspect, its neediness (they seem to want to be reassured?). I'm all for talking about difficult things on here, but people, lose the passive posture. That's our job now. bsky.app/profile/lids...

No boomers no boomers

My brain supplies those quotes all on its own. Make tea: "you have no idea how bad this is" Binge watch entire series: "it's over" Drop my sandwich mid-mustarding: "say goodbye to everything you love" (But seriously, excellent advice.)

PREACH

I’d definitely like a moderation list to block these parasites

Great advice

I don't know this guy works at panic dot com

There is a concerted effort to make people weary, worn out, exhausted. So that they are less resistant to the regime. Stay up, stay positive...

Idk how to find the balance of preserving my mental health and being aware of issues

Keep smiling 🥴

I agree! But also I am compelled note your profile has your domain name listed. ngl, that made me lol a little bit! (Panic dot com on a post nominally about not panicking = winning!)

Agreed

But if it's an article about an impending massive meteorite strike, "say goodbye to everything you love" is an appropriate quote.

I much prefer when people give their view, take, and an actual summation (or basic gist) of something, and the link to an article serves basically as a bibliography/footnote. Otherwise, the post is just clickbait in my opinion.

As a "doomer", I support this. It's your life, your internet. Do what you want.

#cosign it's pathological for some

Great advice.

exactly.

Brings to mind the quote “My desire to stay well-informed is at odds with my desire to stay sane.” Maybe there’s some balance somewhere. Not going to stick my head in the sand to current events, but would be more beneficial for quotes to take more of a “Shit sucks but here’s how we can help…”

afaik the labels would be entirely optional, I believe they're applied via a moderation service you subscribe to, or a custom feed you add - I'm not entirely sure how that works yet

I feel that way about commercials, billboards, bus signs, YouTube videos… why do they get unfettered access to my dopamine system? It feels invasive tbh

No.

Also means that people might end up toning down the hype when they're writing to reach a wider audience. Which absolutely isn't censorship in any way, in fact, shows in a positive light how you can convey exactly the same information freely but in a nuanced, more effective fashion

Goddamn I love that.

Then it's better to be on neutral platform than on far left platform

what about rage quoters that are sometimes funny

Totally agree. I was following some 'guru' and all she did was recycle one sentence tired memes and gets 14k likes. Nah.

it's time for even the robots to have courage

It's Pokemon Go-ver

Or, perhaps just do what is right for yourself as an individual

It takes a while. Bluesky isn't like Twitter - it doesn't recommend posts or accounts for you. Instead, your following feed will only show accounts you follow. To find other stuff, you have to join feeds other users make and then you can add those feeds to your home page. You can search for feeds!

I look up good news specifically lol I got tired of doomerism and I think there's a part of corporate media that wants us hopeless. Cable news reminds me of this I use to watch it ALL THE TIME. Once I quit I felt so much better I was miserable and sad when I watched it.

Fine, but you have no idea how bad watermelon-flavored coffee is.

I so appreciate this sentiment. That kind of stress-baiting has been what's pushed me off of so much social media, just too much totally unhelpful, apocalyptic screaming into the void.

What about quote-domers? Like they have a whip and a book of Oscar Wilde stories or something